2023–24 Liga Primera de Nicaragua

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Liga Primera de Nicaragua
Season	2023–24
Champions	Apertura: Diriangén Clausura: Diriangén
Relegated	Masachapa FC
CONCACAF Central American Cup	Diriangén Real Esteli Managua
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Lucas dos Santos (17 goals) Clausura: Luis Coronel (00 goals)
Biggest home win	Apertura: TBD 9–0 TBD (1 December 2023) Clausura: TBD 5–1 TBD (2024)
Biggest away win	Apertura: TBD 3-5 TBD Clausura: TBD 0–7 TBD (2024)
Highest scoring	Apertura: TBD 4-8 TBD Clausura: TBD 0–7 TBD (2024)
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 24 May 2024.

The 2023–24 Liga Primera de Nicaragua football season was to be divided into two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura. The season will determine the 81st and 82nd champions in the history of the Liga Primera de Nicaragua, the top division of football in Nicaragua. The Apertura tournament is to be played in the second half of 2023, while the Clausura is to be played in the first half of 2024.

Teams

Team information

A total of ten teams contested the league, including nine sides from the 2022–23 Primera División, and one side from the 2022–23 Segunda División.

Juventus Managua finished last in the aggregate table and were relegated to the Segunda División. [1] The champions from the Segunda División, FC San Francisco Masachapa, were promoted in their place.

The 9th place team in the aggregate table, UNAN Managua, faced the second-place team from the Segunda División, Chinandega FC, in a playoff for a spot in the Primera División. UNAN Managua won 14–3 over two legs, meaning UNAN Managua remained in the Primera División.[2]

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Segunda División as of June, 2023.

Champions: FC San Francisco Masachapa

Relegated to Segunda División as of June, 2023.

Last Place: Juventus Managua

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
ART Jalapa	TBD	Leonidas Rodriguez	TBD	Keuka	Ferreter Noelito
Diriangén	TBD	José Giancone	Jason Coronel	Macron	Credifacil, Doradobet, Claro, Proplisa
CS Sebaco	TBD	Sergio Ivan Rodriguez	Luis Manuel Galeano	Keuka	Cafe OX, Siles, Transporte Tovel
Managua	TBD	Flavio Da Silva	Vinicius de Souza	Keuka	Claro, Chevron, Fetesa
Masachapa F.C.	TBD	Ricardo Arévalo	Ronald Palacios	Keuka	Havoline 2T, Electrolit, Green power
Matagalpa FC	TBD	Glen Blanco	Rodolfo Forbes	Keuka	Standard Chontal Central Gas Segruidad Aguila La Bodeguita Distarija
Ocotal	TBD	Juan Pastrana	Leonardo Tercero	Keuka	Nil
Real Esteli	TBD	Otoniel Olivas	Josue Quijano	Keuka	Tigo, Cafe Ox
UNAN Managua	TBD	Daniel Garcia	Anderson Treminio	Joma	Universided de Managua
Walter Ferretti	TBD	Luis Diaz	Denis Espinoza	Keuka	Claro Nica Logistics INiser

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Diriangén FC	Roberto Armando Chanampe	Mutual Consent	May 27, 2023	José Giancone [3]	June 9, 2023	th (2023 Clausura)
UNAM Managua	Eduardo Urroz	Mutual Consent	June, 2023	Daniel Garcia	July, 2023	th (2023 Clausura)

During the Apertura season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Matagalpa FC	Glen Blanco	Mutual Consent	September, 2023	Roberto Armando Chanampe	September 28, 2023	th (2023 Apertura)

Between the Apertura and Clausura season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Walter Ferretti	Luis Diaz	Mutual consent	November 26, 2023	Glen Blanco	November 27, 2023	9th (2023 Apertura)
Masachapa FC	Ricardo Arévalo	Mutual consent	December , 2023	Henry Urbina	December 23, 2023	7th (2023 Apertura)
ART Jalapa	Leonidas Rodriguez	Mutual consent	December , 2023	Tyrone Acevedo	December 24, 2023	th (2023 Apertura)
Ocotal	TBD	Mutual consent	TBD, 2023	Nelson Vasquez	TBD, 2024	th (2023 Apertura)

Clausura seasons

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
TBD	TBD	Sacked	TBD 4, 2024	TBD	TBD 5, 2024	th (2024 Clausura)
Masachapa FC	Henry Urbina	Sacked	April 16, 2024	Luis Lopez	April 19, 2024	th (2024 Clausura)

Apertura 2023

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Estelí (S, F)	18	13	3	2	37	9	+28	42	Advance to Playoffs (Semifinals)
2	Diriangén (S, F)	18	10	3	5	24	18	+6	33	Advance to Playoffs (Semifinals)
3	Club Sébaco FC (Q)	18	9	3	6	29	32	−3	30	Advance to Playoffs (Quarterfinals)
4	Managua (Q)	18	6	7	5	33	26	+7	25
5	UNAN Managua (Q)	18	7	4	7	29	29	0	25
6	Municipal Jalapa (Q)	18	5	7	6	22	25	−3	22
7	Masachapa FC	18	6	3	9	18	32	−14	21
8	Matagalpa	18	4	5	9	23	27	−4	17
9	Walter Ferretti	18	3	8	7	17	24	−7	17
10	Deportivo Ocotal	18	4	3	11	21	31	−10	15

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2023. Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored; 7) draw.
(F) ?; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (S) ?

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Diriangén	5-1	Sport Sebaco	2–1	3-0
Real Estelí	1-0	Managua	1-0	0–0

December 4, 2023

18:00

Sport Sebaco	1-2	Diriangén
Brayan Zuniga 71'		Renzo Carballo 38' 42'

Estadio Carlos Fonseca Amador, Matagalpa

Referee: Miller Lopez

December 10, 2023

17:00

Diriangén	3-0	Sport Sebaco
Renzo Carballo 26' Matias Galvaliz 45' Luis Copete 50'		Nil

Estadio Cacique, Diriamba

Diriangén won 5-1 on aggregate.

December 11, 2023

16:00

Managua	0-1	Real Estelí
Nil		Arley Bonilla 56'

Estadio Cacique, Diriamba

December 15, 2022

19:00

Real Estelí	0-0	Managua
Nil		Nil

Estadio Independencia, Esteli

Real Estelí won 1-0 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

18 December 2023

11:00 (UTC-6)

Diriangen	1-0	Real Estelí
Luis Carlos Torres 49'		Nil

Estadio Cacique Diriangén, Diriamba

Referee: Nitzar Sandoval

Second leg

23 December 2023

12:00 (UTC-6)

Real Estelí	1-1	Diriangen
Byron Bonilla 45'		Luis Coronal 95'

Estadio Independencia, Esteli

Referee: Ricardo Hernandez

Diriangen FC won 2-1 on Aggregate.

Apertura 2023 champions
Diriangen 31st title

Top Goalscorer (Apertura 2023)

No.	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lucas Dos Santos	Managua	17
2	Anderson Treminio	UNAN Managua	13
3	Dshon Forbes	Diriangen	8
4	Luis Galeano	Sport Sebaco	8
5	Abner Acuña	UNAN Managua	6
6	Matias Veron	Matagalpa	6
7	Byron Bonilla	Real Esteli	5
8	Erick Alcazar	Jalapa	4
9	Arley Bonilla	Real Esteli	4
10	Leonel Buter	Diriangen	4

Clausura 2024

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Diriangén (S, F)	18	14	2	2	43	12	+31	44	Advance to Playoffs (Semifinals)
2	Real Estelí (S, F)	18	10	5	3	33	13	+20	35	Advance to Playoffs (Semifinals)
3	Managua (Q)	18	8	6	4	32	20	+12	30	Advance to Playoffs (Quarterfinals)
4	Deportivo Ocotal (Q)	18	8	3	7	23	29	−6	27
5	Walter Ferretti (Q)	18	7	4	7	20	14	+6	25
6	Municipal Jalapa (Q)	18	7	4	7	20	25	−5	25
7	Matagalpa	18	6	3	9	27	32	−5	21
8	UNAN Managua	18	6	3	9	25	32	−7	21
9	Club Sébaco FC	18	4	6	8	25	40	−15	18
10	Masachapa FC	18	1	2	15	19	50	−31	5

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2023. Source: [5]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored; 7) draw.
(F) ?; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (S) ?

Quarterfinals

May 2, 2024

Managua	2-3	ART Jalapa
Lucas dos Santos 58' 67'		L Borge Erick Alcazar 93' M Reyes 96'

Estadio

ART Jalapa progressed.

December 5, 2022

Deportivo Walter Ferretti	5-1	Juventus Managua
Francisco Ramos 9' 56' Luciano Sanhueza 68' 80' Alexis Somarriba 90'		Lucas Dos Santos 75'

Estadio Cacique Diriangén, Diriamba

Walter Ferretti progressed.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Diriangén	3-0	ART Jalapa	2–0	1-0
Real Estelí	7-1	Ocotal	2-0	5-1

May 5, 2024

15:00

ART Jalapa	0-2	Diriangén
Nil		Luis Copete Renzo Carballo

Estadio Alejandro Ramos

May 9, 2024

17:00

Diriangén	1-0	ART Jalapa
Renzo Carballo 20'		Nil

Estadio Cacique, Diriamba

Diriangén won 5-1 on aggregate.

May 4, 2024

16:00

Ocotal	0-2	Real Estelí
Nil		Marvin Fletes 12' Harold Medina 59'

Estadio Roy Fernando Bermudez

May 9, 2022

19:00

Real Estelí	5-1	Ocotal
Bancy Hernandez 32' 69' Harold Medina 48' Bryan Ordonez 64' Byron Bonilla 71'		Oscar Rosales 62'

Estadio Independencia, Esteli

Real Estelí won 7-1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

12 May 2024

19:00 (UTC-6)

Real Estelí	2-1	Diriangen
Bryan Ordonez 40' Josue Quijano 95'		Luis Carlos Torres pen.' (57)

Estadio Independencia, Esteli

Referee: Tatiana Guzmán

Second leg

18 May 2024

19:00 (UTC-6)

Diriangen	2-0	Real Estelí
Salanda o.g.' (24) Luis Coronel 75'		Nil

Estadio Cacique Diriangén, Diriamba

Referee: Ricardo Mendoza

Diriangen won 3-2 on Aggregate.

Clausura 2024 champions
Diriangen 32nd title

Top Goalscorer (Clausura 2024)

No.	Player	Club	Goals
1	Luis Coronel [6]	Diriangén	11
2	Brayan Zúniga	Club Sébaco FC	10
3	Lucas Dos Santos	Managua	9
4	Edwin Castro	Ocotal	7
5	Leandro Figueroa	Walter Ferretti	7
6	Erick Alcázar	ART Jalapa	5
7	Junior Arteaga	Diriangén	5
8	Edry Centeno	Ocotal	5
9	Sergio Cunningham	Real Esteli	5
10	Christian Durón	Masachapa FC	5

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in the 2023–24 season. The following players:

Have played at least one game for the respective club.
Have not been capped for the Nicaragua national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

A new rule was introduced this season, that clubs can have four foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or a player/s is released, and it is before the closing of the season transfer window.

ART Jalapa

Neider SanJuan
Rolando Abreu
Felix Alejandro Rodriguez
Maykel Reyes
José Bernardo Laureiro

Diriangén

Carlos Tórres
Leonel Buter
Matias Galvaliz
Tomas Alvarez
Alfonso Quesada
Renzo Carballo

CS Sebaco

Miguel Pucharella
Jose Armelo
Brayan Zúñiga
David Castrillon
Ronald Granja

Managua

Gabriel Junior
Gabriel Vidal
Gyan Araujo
Lucas Dos Santos
Luis Ibarra

Masachapa FC

Marlon Ibarguen
Nester Carabali
Paul Barbosa

Matagalpa FC

Matias Vernon
Juan Murillo
Kevin castro
Rodolfo Forbes
Luis Vanegas

Ocotal

Cristano Fernandez
Yubeiquer Arenas
Jhesuad Salamanca
Juan Carvajal
Erick Rizo
John Rivas

Real Estelí

Abel Mendez
Fabián Monserrat
Ewerton da Silva
Arley Bonilla
Leyvin Balanta

UNAM Managua

Pedro Dos Santos
Hans Mina
John Mena
Dario Ramos
Eugenio Palmero

Walter Ferretti

Leandro Soares
Ariel Torregrosa
Francisco Ramos
Yeison Mosquera
Cesar Vente Contención

(player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season)

External links

Fútbol de Primera – Futbol Nica

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Seasons	... 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25
2023-24 teams	ART Municipal Jalapa Diriangén Sebaco Managua Masachapa F.C. Matagalpa FC Ocotal Real Estelí Walter Ferretti UNAN Managua
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